Press
From July 2012's East Bay Express:
Less than ten months after it first opened, it's hard to imagine the corner of 18th and Telegraph without Make Westing: Without that bright-white neon sign out front or the gaggles of glassy-eyed revelers sitting and smoking on sidewalk furniture; without the occasional bocce ball-related yelp of cheer or despair sneaking out onto the street over the music; without, well, the energy. This is a bar that's instantly hospitable to everyone: The drinks are well made, never fussy, and entirely reasonably priced; the food is easy to eat and order and markedly, wonderfully, heavy on the animal fat; and the whole vibe is lively but not too loud, nicely appointed but not too trendy, a sort of everyman bar for the 21st-century Oaklander. Turns out, you don't need to be old to be an institution.
Check out some of the other love Make Westing has been getting:
East Bay Express - Best New Bar 2012
Sunset Magazine (And an offline story in the December 2012 issue)
San Francisco Magazine - Best Bar for Grabbing Preshow Brews
7X7 - #34 on "Things to do in Oakland Before You Die"
East Bay Express - "Uptown's latest and greatest bar"
East Bay Express - Food Program Review